Fall at the Mall (Antique)

       Well, so much for posting in a day or two. I was already to get back on a regular posting schedule when my Dad ended up in the hospital. He is 92 now and it doesn’t take a lot to knock him off his feet. He was there for 5 days and came home with visiting nurses. I am the only child that lives close, so I spend a lot of time over at their place helping out with lots of things. I love my mom and dad dearly, so it is my blessing to spend time with them.

      At the Antique Mall, I have three booths now.  Fall is starting to wind down and I am hoping to get a lot of the Christmas décor in this weekend. I wanted to share some pictures of the booths as they are now before the festive decorations go in. I am not a huge fall decorator, but I did have a little in there.

The enormous silver birdcage has sold and so has the  cape and mask hanging to the left. You can see a couple of tiny pumpkins on the dresser, but not a lot in here for fall.

A couple of pumpkins in here and some fall throws.  It is amazing how a picture lets you look at your display from a different perspective. This booth seems awfully messy to me. Can’t wait to clean it up for  Christmas.

This is the newest booth and it is my favorite.  The armoire and china cabinet/desk are both gorgeous. Again, very little fall, but I can’t wait to deck the halls for Christmas!

I will do my best to be back soon with some beautiful Holiday Booths.

Thanks for visiting, I would love your comments and if you have any suggestions for my booth spaces, I would love to hear them. I would not be insulted, I truly want to improve my spaces and become successful at the antique business.

Have a blessed day, be back soon.

Ann

Restyled Sundays #42

Welcome Back To Restyled Sundays

Another week, another move in motion. I am pretty sure that I mentioned a few months ago

that my daughters house was on the market. She was living about 25 minutes south

of us and even farther from her brothers. She has a really nice house, but was ready to move on.

This week her house sold and she has to be out by July 25! She had sort of been looking at

houses, but did not want to buy with a contingency that hers sold. So, yesterday we went looking

and we actually viewed about  20 houses. We had a few drive buys that we decided not to

even go through once we saw them. There were a couple of  good contenders, and my favorites

were closest to my house. :) A mom can always hope to have her children close by.:) We will be back out looking on Monday.  I really hope she can find a great one soon or she will be back home until she can.

That's ok too, but I hate to see her have to put her furniture in storage.

You all had some awesome posts this week!

Here are some of my favorites, thanks for sharing.

This awesome cabinet was painted by Miranda

of Pressing On.  Love It!!!

And, in keeping with the theme here, Barbara at 21 Rosemary Lane

turned some plain old end tables into something special for her sons room.

Amazing Karen from Redoux took an old castoff country

dresser and transformed it into this industrial chic piece for her

master bedroom. Check out the before!

Brenda from Cottage 4C turned a very basic armoire

into a really cool vintage looking piece .

Thanks to all of you who shared this week. Now lets see what you've got this week!

Another Pink Dresser

I always loved pink when I was a little girl,

I just had forgotten how much since I have five  boys and only one daughter.

Yes, her room was pink when she was young, but she quickly out grew that phase.

It's just since I have been painting furniture, that I have been able to add so much pink to

my creative thoughts. I am loving it!

This dresser started out with the most hideous shade of yellow stain.

I don't know if it was always that color, or the varnish had yellowed that

much over the years.

Well, here it is finished. I went with the palest shade of pink.

Actually, I mixed my own from a brighter pink I had

and added lot's of white paint.

I just painted the existing pulls ORB to update them.

I really wanted to find some sweet girly pulls, but these were like

3 and 3/4" and I was not able to find anything in that width.

I know I could have filled the holes and re drilled new ones, but I didn't realize it

until after I had painted. Next time, measure before painting!

I think it turned out very sweet, and the improvement from

the lovely yellow stain was fabulous.

I would love to hear what you think.

I am linking to the following parties:

A Short Dresser With Chunky Legs And A Reminder

When will I learn to take before pics consistently?

This started out as a very dark, overly varnished low dresser.

I gave it two coats of ASCP and distressed it lightly,

 thengave it a coat of clear Minwax.

 The knobs are the turquoise ones left from the buffet that sold last week.

Yes, there is a missing knob, the screw would not grab the back

 of the knob, so I had to get a longer screw.

This is our new booth at Sentimental Journey and

we have it all decked out for Christmas.

A fun display of Christmas Trees.

I wish I could say that the big white tree was vintage, but

it actually came from Walmart. But I am always on the

lookout for an older white tree. Or, maybe one of those silver ones with

the rotating color light projector. We had one of those when I was little.

Also, don't forget that the Restyled Sundays Linky Party

is still going on through Friday, be sure to join in.

I love seeing all of your thrifty finds and projects.

I am linking up to the following parties:

Dresser Makeover and Giveaway

I found this three piece bedroom set earlier this summer. It is probably from the 30's according to my mom.

I love the vanity and the big round mirror, but the bed and dresser were pretty great as well.

The only thing I have finished so far is the tall checst. It had that real shiny finish that was flaking off badly and some veneer that was buckling. Perfect for the ASCP. I didn't even have to sand it, but I did glue the loose veneer down before painting.

Here she is before.  Really needed some help, huh!

And, here she is after two coats of ASCP in Old White. Mild distressing and one coat of wax later, she looks like a new model.

I love the trim and how it shows up after the distressing.

I have to get to work now on the other two pieces of the set.

Keep an eye out for the finished product. Here are the before pics.

I hope you like my painting projects and I love to hear from all of you.

Be sure to visit my giveaway for this apron, here.

You only have until midnight tonight to enter.

Linking to the following parties:

A Sweet Pink Vanity

A few months ago I bought this adorable desk/ vanity from another dealer who was clearancing it out.  It almost seemed a sin to paint over this beautiful maple, but it had so much potential if I did.

The two features I fell in love with on this piece, were the knobs and the twisted trim.

 It always amazes me how much a few little details can really make a piece.

So, here is the finished product. I wanted the palest pink I could find, and yet I already had

so many pinks that I hated to go buy another one. With enough white paint

added in I was able to mix my own and come up with the perfect shade.

Some mild distressing to give it that vintage look.

I really love the style of the mirror.

How perfect would this look in a girls room?

If you live in Kansas City, check it out at Lone Elm Antique Mall in Olathe.

Linking to the following parties: